“a world of profit and delight, of power, of honour, of omnipotence” “Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds” “like lions… like Almanian Rutters … or Lapland giants… Sometimes like women” “therefore acknowledge your error and be…
Interpretations of The Tempest
Robert Browning – Caliban upon setebos ‘an attack upon such deterministic religious sects as Calvinism, which picture a God who saves or damns human beings, punishes or rewards them, wholly according to whim.’Caliban represents ignorance -The best way to “escape…
The Tempest Vocab. Words (Act I)
Abhorred Definition: (adj.) hated Synonym: disliked antonym: admired Sentence: Hitler may be the most abhorred historical figure of the modern age. Allay Definition: (v.) to clam Synonym: reduce Antonym: worsenSentence: A good teacher will work hard to allay the concerns…
Twelfth night and The tempest characters
Prospero Former duke of Milan, magician, brother to Antonio. Miranda Daughter to Prospero, in love with Ferdinand Ariel Spirit who serves Prospero after he saved he/she from being trapped in a tree by Sycorax’s Caliban SLave to prospero. Half fish…
The tempest
alonso wants very much to listen to gonzalos optimistic comments regarding effects of the tempest false sebastian and antonio are sarcastic towards gonzalo true gonzalo makes what observation regarding their clothes that they are as new the ship was returning…
The Tempest Act 5
to save his soul Why does Prospero give up his magic? yes Does Prospero forgive Alonso and all of the other men? to resolve the play, relinquishing his magic powers What is the point of Prospero’s speech in the epilogue?…
The Tempest: Act Four
What does Prospero tell Ferdinand in 4.1? “All thy vexations were but my trials of thy love, and thou hast strangely stood the test” and he “gives” Miranda to Ferdinand Who is Hymen? How is this reference used? Hymen= god…
The Tempest Acts 1 and 2
Why does Gonzalo believe they will survive the boat sinking? Boatswain is destined to be hanged not drowned How does Miranda show she is a kind person? She says she suffered with the men on the sinking ship Why did…
The Tempest
How many plays did Shakespeare write? 38 during which part of Shakespeare’s life did he write the Tempest? end (was his final farewell to the theatre) What reign did Shakespeare live during? Queen Elizabeth what were the years of Shakespeare’s…
As You Like It (Act 3 Scene II) PART 1
CORIN: Here comes young master Ganymede, my new Mistress’s Brother. From the east to western Ind,no jewel is like Rosalind, Her worth being mounter on the wind, through all the world bears Rosalind. All the pictures fairest Lined, are but…